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bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce

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Ic eom asend ðé ðis bodian missus sum hæc tibi evangelizare, Lk. Bos. 1, 19: Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 13. To bodianne godcunde láre ad prædicandum docerinam divinam, 5, 9, titl; S. 622, 4.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

bodian

(v.)

to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief

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Add: to declare, proclaim, make known Ðá geleáfullan bodiað (bodigeað, v. l.) be Gode ðæt sóð is ecclesta ore fidelium de Deo, quaeque vera sunt, testatur, Past. 367, 9. Sé . . . þe hé tówearde sægde and bodode, Bl. H. 9, 16.

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, v. á-bodian, frǽ-bodian.

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ge-bodian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bodian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bodian to tell]

To tell ⬩ make known ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre

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To tell, make known, announce, proclaim; nuntiāre, annuntiāre Se ðæt láþspell æt hám gebodode who made known the sad story at home, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 37: Hy. 10, 13; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 13. Ðæt ðǽr nán to láfe ne wearþ ðæt hit to Róme gebodade so that

fóre-bodian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-bodian, p. ode; pp. od

To FOREBODE ⬩ announce ⬩ declare ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ prōnuntiāre

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To FOREBODE, announce, declare; annuntiāre, prōnuntiāre Múþ mín fórebodaþ rihtwísnysse ðine os meum annuntiābit justĭtiam tuam, Ps. Spl. 70, 16. Fórebodaþ tunge [MS. tunga] mín spræca ðíne prōnuntiābit lingua mea elŏquium tuum, 118, 172

freá-bodian

(v.)
Grammar
freá-bodian, p. ode; pp. od

To proclaim ⬩ declare ⬩ pronuntiāre

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To proclaim, declare; pronuntiāre Freábodaþ oððe mǽrsaþ tunge mín spæce dine pronuntiābit lingua mea elŏquium tuum. Ps. Lamb. 118, 172

Linked entry: frǽ-bodian

for-bodian

(v.)

Similar entry: fore-bodian

frǽ-bodian

(v.)

Similar entry: freá-bodian

fore-bodian

(v.)
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Forebodas praedicat, Mt. p. 14, 7. Forebodade, 9. Forebodadon (for-, R.) praedicabant, Mk. L. 6, 12. Forebodages praedicate, Mt. L. 10, 7. Add

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ge-bodian

(v.)
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Add: to announce a fact Hí genamon twégen cnihtas. . . þis wæs gebodod (nuntiatum) Furtunato, Gr. D. 80, 11. to announce a person, give official notice of:. — Gehealde man hine .xxx. nihta, and hine his mǽgum gebodie (cf. hine his freóndum gecýðe, 16

be-bodian

(v.)

to commend ⬩ entrust

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to commend, entrust Bebodadon ł gefeastadon commendauerunt, Lk. L. R. 12, 48

Linked entry: bodian

BODIG

(n.)
Grammar
BODIG, es; n.

bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus

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bigness or height of body, stature; statura Ðæt se mon wǽre lang on bodige quod esset vir longæ staturæ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33. Wæs Oswine se cyning on bodige heáh king Oswine was tall in stature, 3, 14; S. 540, 7. the trunk, chest or parts of the chest

bodig

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For II and III substitute: II. the main portion, of the animal frame (opposed to head or limbs) Bodig truncus, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 26. Bodeg, bodęi spina, Txts. 99, 1891. Bodig, An. Ox. 18b, 89. Hí næfdon ꝥ heáfod ld þám bodige, Hml. S. 32, 137, 165. Hí

bodiend

(n.)
Grammar
bodiend, bodigend, es; m.

a teacher ⬩ preacher

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one who announces Bodiend, bannend gerulus, portitor, An. Ox. 56. a teacher, preacher : On háligre laþunge gelǽred bodigend (predicator), Scint. 124, 9. Paulus wæs bodigend and ácoren láreów, Hml. A. 149, 148. Bodiend praedicator, Kent. Gl. 1157 : praeceptorem

bodan

Similar entry: BOTM

bodigean

(v.)

to publish, preach

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to publish, preach, Mk. Bos. 5, 20: Cd. 169; Th. 210, 4; Exod. 510

bodad

(v.; part.)

announced, proclaimed

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Kmbl. 2241; An. 1122, = bodod; pp. of bodian

boden

(v.; part.)

ordered, offered, proclaimed,

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ordered, offered, proclaimed, Elen. Kmbl. 36; El. 18; pp. of beódan

bodig

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boda

(n.)
Grammar
boda, an; m. [bod a message, -a, q. v. ]

a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angel ⬩ nuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelus ⬩ a foreboder, prophet ⬩ propheta, vates ⬩ a messenger

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a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angel; nuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelus Eálá Wísdóm, ðú eart boda and fórrynel ðæs sóðan leóhtes O Wisdom, thou art the messenger and forerunner of true light, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 170, 28. Me ðes boda sægde

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